Sheet-registering machine.



PAJTENTED JAN. 23, 1906 H. BRADSHAW. SHEETREGISTERING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 26, 1904.

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SHEET REGISTERING MACHINE.

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No. 8105392. PATENTED JAN. 23, 1906.

H. BRADSHAW. SHEET REGISTERING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 26, 1904.

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STATES Parser orrrora HARRY BRADSHAWQ OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONEHALF TO WARREN D. HOUSE, OF KANSAS CITY, MlSSOURI.

SHEET-REGISTERING MAGHlNE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 23, 1906.

Application filed October 26, 1904. Serial No. 230,120.

' To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, HARRY BRADSHAW, a citizen of the United States, residingat Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sheet .Registeri ng Machines, of which the following is a speclfi- I cation.

My invention relates to improvements in sheet-registering machines adapted to be used in connection with a printing-press or ruling-machine.

My invention provides a plurality of rotary sheet supporting devices for carrying the sheets in a forward direction, means being provided by which said devices while supporting the sheets are laterally moved so as to carry the sheets against the side guide or gage.

Myinvention provides, further, one or more sheet-supporting rollers, each comprising two tion to the sheets of longitudinal members movable parallel with the axis of rotation, means being provided whereby said members may be reciprocated simultaneously in opposite directions, thus imparting a lateral as well as a forward mopaper supported by said rollers;

My invention provides, further, a novelform of slde guide adapted to be used with,

the sheet-supporting rollers and adapted to be disposed at the right or left ends of the rollers My invention provides, further, novel means for timin and effecting the reciprocation endwise of 516 roller members.

My invention provides, still further, means by which the rate of rotation of the rollers may be eriodically varied, so as to limit the speed 0 the sheets at certain points.

Other novel features are hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention; Fi urel is a plan view of the machine, some 0 the parts being broken away, the arrangement of the parts ing such that the sheets will be moved to the left against the side guide? Fig. 2 is a vertical section-view taken. on the dotted line a b of Fig. the remote parts being removed. Fig. 3 is left side elevat on View of the machine, the lower end of the su porttaken on the dotted line 9 7a of Fig. 4. Fi 7'- is a vertical sectional view taken on the ct ted line i of Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a right side elevation view of the roller-supporting framework, a portion or" which is bro ran away, and

the upper end of the supporting-frame. Fig.

9 is an end elevation view of a modified form in which the forward rollers are of different diameters, the smallest roller heing in front, so as to bring forward end of the sheet as closely as possible to the periphery of the press cylinder. (Not shown.) Fig. 1 dis a vertical sectlonal view taken on the dotted line 7: Z of Fig. 1. Fig. 1 1 is a view similar to Fig. '10 of a modification in which the cam-actuating rollers are disposed below the shafts of the I sheet-supporting rollers. Fig. 12 is a view of the modification shown in Fig. 11 and taken on a vertical plane OOIICSPOIIdID to the dotted line 1', j .of Fig. l, the cam-roller-supporting plate being shown in the osition represented in Fig. 11 and the si e guide being disposed upon the right side of the machine.

Similarcharacters of reference denote simil'ar parts.

1 denotes the right vertical plate of the supporting-frame; v2, the left side plate, disposed parallel with the plate The plates 1 and 2 are provided, res ectively at their rear ends with the vertical extensions 3 and 4, provided withtransverse holes, in which is rotatively mounted a horizontal shaft 5, sup porting a roller 6, connected by. a lower set of tapes 7 with a horizontal roller 8, rotatively mounted in suitable bearings. (Not shown.) The sheet-supporting-roller frame comprises two forwardlysextendingparallel plates 9 and 10, respectively, having secured at their forward ends a transverse board or late 11 and having their rear ends pivotal y mounted upon the shaft 5. In the plates 9 and 10 are rotatively mounted a series of horizontal transverse shafts 12, forming each a part of a sheetsupporting ol'ler, one of which is shown in longitudinal setion in Fig. 4. Each sheet,-

supporting roller comprises two semicylin drical I longitudinal members 13, disposed with their fiat sides together and forming each pair a cylindrical roller. Said members 13 are'cach longitudinally slidable on its supporting-shaft 12, being connected thereto by means of two radially-disposed eyebolts 14, each having at its inner end an eye 15, encircling shaft 12, said eyebolts being disposed in radial openings provided in each member 13. The outer end of each bolt 14 is screw.- threaded and has mounted thereona nut 16, disposed inside the periphery of the member 13 in a recess 17, provided therefor. A transverse lever 18 is provided at its middle witha longitudinal slot 19, embracing the shaft 12.

A transverse pin 20, extending through thelever 18 and the shaft 12, provides a fulcrum on which the lever 18 may swing. The ends of the lever 18, preferably s herical in form, as denoted by 21, are located respectively, in radial cylindrical holes 22, provided one in each member 13. By means of the lever 18 when one member 13 is slid lengthwise on the shaft 12 the o posite member will be moved in opposite directions. The right end of each roller 13 isgbeveled, so as to form a camface 23, adapted tocome in contact With a horizontally-disposed cam-roller 24, mounted between two inwardly-extending projections 25, extending inwardly from a plate 26 and disposed one above the other. The plate 26, as shown in Figs. 1, 4, 7, 8, and 10,

. is secured lengthwise on .the plate 9 above theshafts 12. When the shafts 12 are rotated in the direction indicatedby the arrow on the roller the third from the front in Fig.-

1, the rollers 24, coining in contact alternately with the opposite members 13 of the adjacent sheet-supporting rollers, will force such members 13 toward the left side of the machine when the shafts 12 are rotated. With the plate-26 disposed as shown in Figs.

- 1, 4, and 7 above the shafts 12 as the rollers carrying the sheets are rotated each member.

13 it passes to a position above the su port mg -shaft-12 will be forced towardt e plate 10, thus moving the sheet 27 laterallyin the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1 toward a side guide disposed transversely to the sheet-supporting rollers. The sheetsupporting rollers thus while being rotated carry the sheet forward and at the same time laterally toward the side guide.

The side guide and mechanism supporting it comprises the following parts: Disposed transversel y above the sheet-supporting rollers is a right-angled plate 28, secured near its ends, respectively, to the vertical portions of two right-angled brackets 29, the hoitizontal portions of which rest upon the up er sides of two plates 30, having their ends ecurerl,

- respectively, .to th plates 9 and 10 and disposed, respectively, adacent theforward and rear ends of said plates. A vertical bolt 31 has its screw-threaded upper end mounted in a vertical hole provided m'the horizontal portion of each bracket 29. The lower end of each bolt 31 extends throu h a longitudinal slot 32, provided one in eac plate 30, said portion of the bolt 31 being provided with a squared portion 33 to prevent rotation of the bolt, but permitting longitudinal movement in the slot The bolt 31 below the plate 30 is provided with a head 34 for preventing upward movement. of said bolt. On the screw-threadedmpper'end of the bolt v31 is mounted a wing-nut35, which bears upon and holds the bracket- 29 to the plate 30.

On the inner side of the vertical portion of the plate 28 are secured the rear ends of a se-' ries of sheet-guiding plates 36 (best shown in Figs. 1 and2) and disposed "one above each sheet-supporting roller, the forward end of each late 36 being inclined inwardly, as denote by 37. That portion of each plate 36 in advance of a vertical plane bisecting the adjacent roller extendssdownwardly to prevent the forWardly-moving sheet 27 from passing under the lates 36 as the sheet moves from onerol er to another. left end of each shaft 12 is mounted and rotatable therewith a s ur gear-wheel 38. A series of s ur gear-wheels 39 are mounted, re-

spective y, rotatively upon a series of studs 40, mounted upon the outer sideof the plate 10 and disposed, respectively, in alternate order between the. shafts 12. The interme- On the diate spur-gears 39 mesh, respectively, with v the spur-gears 38, thus communicating rotation one gear to the other and to the shafts 12. Upon the shaft 5 and rotatable therewith is mounted a spur gear 38, which meshes with the rear spurgear 39 and imparts rotation thereto. To the left ofthe spur-gear 38 on the shaft 5 is mounted and rotatable therewith a spur-gear 41, which meshes with a spur-gear 42, rotatively mounted on a horizontal stud 43, the outer end of which is rigidly secured to the inner side of an u weirdly-extending bracket 44, the lower en of which is secured to the plate 2. Secured to the outer side of the gear 42 and rotatable therewith is an elliptical gear 45, which meshes with an elliptical-gear 46, rotatively mounted upon the inner end of a horizontal stud 47, secured at its outer end to the inner side of the bracket 44. A sprocketwheel 48 is rotatively mounted on the stud 47 and is secured to the outer side of the elliptical gear 46. The sprocket-wheel 48 is driven by means of any suitable sprocketchain. (Not shown.) When the sprocket-, wheel 48 is rotated, rotation is imparted to the sheet-supporting rollers by means of elliptical gears 45 and 46,-gears 41 and 42, shafts 5 and 12, and gears 38 38 and 39. Ro-

tatively mounted in the rear endsof the tapes .51 with the roller 1 of t e rollers 24, acting the upper position, in which the sheets 27 to the le t will be such that when which is mounted a roller 50, connected by p 52, disposed parallel with and mounted above the roller 8 in any suitable bearings. (Not shown.) 53 denotes the forward stops or vgages, which are connected witn the limit the forward movement of the sheets.

In operating my invention the side-guide plate 28 is adljusted parallel with the sheet supporting ro lersv to the proper position by first loosening the wing-nuts 35, then moving the plate 28 and brackets 29 to the de sired position, and then tightening thawingnuts 35. The supporting rollers for the sheets are then rotated in the direction indicated by the arrow in. Fig. 1 in the manner hereinbefore described. The sheets enter the machine between the belts 7 and 51 and between the rollers 8,

52, 6, and 50, respectively, passing u on the upper side of the members 13 of't e sheet-supporting rollers. The members 13 are disposed on the shafts 12 relatively to each other in positions such that the movement of corresponding'members lengthwise will occur simultaneously that is, corresponding members will occupy similar positions relative to the actuating cam-rollers 24. With the late 26 dis osed as shown in Figs. 4 and 7 w en the sha ts 12 are rotated the members 13 as they pass to position they forced by means on the. inclined cam ate 10, thus carrying I or toward and against the plates 36 of the-side guide. The members 13 by their rotatory movement carry the sheets forward along the guiding-plates sup ort the sheets, will he ends 23, toward the 36 toward and against the ages 53, by which y registered until will force the lower members 13 toward the plate 9 by means of the levers 18, pivoted to the shafts. 12, respectively. The members.

13 will thus be reciprocated lengthwise during their revolution around the axis of the shaft 12. 'The dis osition' of the elliptical gears and '46 relittive to the other parts the sheets a proach the ga es 53 the speed of rotation of t e shaft 12 wilTbe reduced, so as to bring the sheets gently against the gages 53, the mechanism being, timed so that when the sheets are seized between the rollers 6 and the sheets will be forced rapidlyahead, the speed of the sh ets decreasing just prior to the time the forward edge of the forward sheet reaches the gages 53.

.Jn-the form shown in Fig. 9 the forward rhl-lers are reduced. in size, forthe reason hereinbeforestated i but the peripheral speed of the rollers remains the same,.owing to the fact that the spur-gears -3 8,-"rnounted on the printing-press and which direction out o shafts 12, su porting thesmaller rollers, have a correspondin reduction in size. 1 Various mo ifications of my invention may be resorted to without departing from its spirit.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat- 'ent, is.

1. A sheet supporting and registering device revoluble around an axis and movable simultaneously lengthwise thereof and disposed during a portion of each revolution out of contact with the sheets to be registered.

2. A sheet supporting and registering device revoluble around an axis and reciprocable' simultaneously lengthwise thereof and disposed durin lengthwise movement in one i contact with the sheets to be registered.

3. A sheet supporting and re istering device comprising two devices revo uble around a common axis and movable simultaneously in opposite directions lengthwise of the axis.

' 4. A lindrical' roller rotatable around its axis and comprisin two longitudinal members movable 'simu taneously in opposite directions lengthwise of the axis of the roller.

5. The combination with a sheet-supportin device, of means forsimultaneously re- .vo vin the said device and moving it lengthwise o? the axis of revolution, the sheet-supporting device being disposed during a portion 0 each revolution out of contact with the sheets to be registered. 4

6. The combination with a sheet-supporting device, of means for revolving said device and simultaneously reciprocating it lengthwise of the axis of revolution, the sheet-sup- .porting device being disposed during length Wise movement in one direction tact with the sheets.

7. The combination with a sheet-supporting device com rising two members, of means for revolving said members around'a common axis and simultaneously moving them in opposite directions lengthwise of the axis.

out of consheet supporting and registering cy- 8. The combination with two sheet-supporting members, of means for revolving said members around a common axis, and means for simul-taneousl reciprocatin said mem bers in opposite directions lengt wise of the ax1s.

9. The combination with a sheet-supporting cylindrical roller comprising two longitudinal diametrically opposite members, of means for rotating said roller, and means for simultaneously reciprocating in opposite directions lengthwise of the axis of the roller, said two members. 10. Asheet-supporting roller comprising a longitudinal support, two longitudinal members disposed on diametrically opposite sides of said support and slidable lengthwise there- 12. A sheet-supporting roller comprising a rotatable shaft, two longitudinal members slidable lengthwise on said shaft and rotata ble therewith, and a levr fulcrumed on the shaft and having its ends engaging respectively said members.

13. A sheet-supporting roller comprising a rotatable shaft, two members disposed diametrically opposite thereon and slidable len thwise on .and rotatable with the shaft,

1 an a lever pivoted transversely on the shaft ing device,

- porting and having its ends pivotally connected with said members respectively.

14.. A sheet-supporting roller comprising a rotatable shaft, two longitudinal members disposed diametrically op osite and slidable 1e hwise on and rotataiile with the shaft, eac member being provided with a radial hole, and a lever pivoted transversely on the shaft and having its ends mounted respectively in the holes in said members.

15. A sheet-supporting roller comprising a rotatable shaft, two semicylindrical lon itudinal members slidable lengthwise on an rotatable with the shaft and provided each with a round hole on its inner side, and a lever pivoted transversely upon said shaft and havin spherical ends mounted respectively in sai round holes in said members.

16. The combination with a sheet-supporting device, of means for revolving said device around an axis, the device being a portion of each revolution out of contact with the sheets, means for simultaneously moving said device lengthwise of the axis, and a side guide disposed transversely of said axis.

17. The combination with a sheet-supportof means for revolving said device around an axis, means for reciprocating said device len thwise of the axis, the device being disposed urin lengthwise movement in one direction out 0 contact with the sheets, and a side guide disposed transversely of the axis.

I 18. The combination with asheet-supporting device, of means for revolving said device around an axis, a side guide disposed transversely to the axis, means for moving said device toward the side guide when the device has been revolved to a position in which the sheet is supported thereby, and means for .moving said device in the opposite direction.

19. The combination with two sheet-supdevice revoluble around a common axis, 0 mean ,or so revolving said devices, a side guide disposed transversely to the axis of revolution of said devices, and means for simultaneously moving said devices lengthwise of said axis and in opposite directions to each other.

20. The combination with two horizontal devices adapted to alternately support a sheet 'of paper, of means for revolving said devices arounda common axis, means for moving each of said devices lengthwise of said axis in a certain direction when it is in position tosupport a sheet, and means for moving said devices lengthwise in the opposite direction.

21. The combination with two horizontal devices adapted to alternately support a sheet of paper, of means for revolving said devices around-a common axis, a side guide disposed transversely of said axis, means for moving each of said devices lengthwise of the axis toward said guide when it is positioned to support the sheet, and means for retracting said devices lengthwise in the opposite direction.

22. The combination with a sheet-supportof means for revolving said device around an axis, means for movin said device lengthwise of the axis, and a si e guide disposed transversely to the axis and adjustable to and fro in a direction parallel with-the axis.

, 23. The combination with two horizontal devices adapted to alternately support a sheet of paper, of means for revolving said devices around an axis, means for moving each of said devices lengthwise in a certain direction when it is in position for supporting a sheet, and means for moving each of said'devices in the opposite direction lengthwise when it is in position not supporting a sheet.

24. The combination with two horizontal devices adapted to alternately support a sheet of paper, of means for revolving said devices around an axis, a side guide disposed ing device,

transyersely to said-axis, means for moving each of said devices toward said side guide and lengthwise of said axis when the device is positioned so as to support a sheet, and, means for moving each ofsaid devices length'-. wise away from the guide when the device is in position not adapted to su port the sheet.

25. The combination wit twodevices adapted to alternately sufport a sheet, of means for revolving said evices around an axis, a side guide disposed transversely to the axis andadjustable in a direction arallel with the axis, and means for simu taneously moving said devices in opposite directions lengthwise of said axis.

2 6. The combination with two (1 vices adapted to support alternately a sheet, f paper, of means for revolving said devices around an axis,"a side guide adjustable'length wise of the axis, means for mbving each of said devices toward the guide lengthwise of the axis when said device is revolved to a position adaptedv to support the sheet, and means for moving each of said devices away from the guide when it is in position not adapted to supporta sheet.

27. The combination with a plurality of devices adapted to support thereon a sheet of paper, of means for rotating each of said devices around. its axis, said devices beingdispcsed parallel with each other, and means for imparting lengthwise movement to 'each of said devices.

28. The combination with a pluralit of devices adapted to. support thereon a s eet of paper,sa1d devices being disposed parallel with each other, of means for'rotating each of said devices around its axis, and means for reciprocating said devices lengthwise {sec of said devices, means for reciprocatn 29. The combinationwith a plurality of rollers com rising each two members disposed paraliiel with each other and adapted to alternately support a sheet of aper, of means for rotating said rollers eacii around its axis, and means for reciprocating len thwise in o posite directions the two members of each o said rollers.

30. The combination with a pluralit of rollers comprising each two longitu inal members a apted to support alternately a sheet of paper, of means for rotating each ofsaid rollers, means for reciprocating simultaneously lengthwise in opposite directions the two members'of each roller, and a side guide disposed transversely to said rollers.

31. The combination with a plurality of devices adapted to support thereon a sheet of aper, of means for imparting rotation to i said ,ievices lengthwise of their several axes, .a side guide adjustable lengthwise of and disposed parailel with the axes of said nevices.

' 32. The combination with a sheetsnpport ing roller comprising two'longitudinal memhers movable lengthwise parallel with each other, a shaft on which aid members are mountechhfrheans for rotating said shaft, and means for reciprocating said members simultaneously in opposite directions lengthwise of the shaft.

33. The combination with a sheet-sup orting roller comprising two semicylinorical members disposed parallel with each other and having each a beveled end, a shaft on which said members are mounted, a lever pivoted to the shaft and having its ends engaging respectively said members, of means for rotating said shaft, and a device for enga ing alternately the beveled ends of said mem ers for forcing them lengthwise when the shaft is rotated.

34. The combination with a lurality of rollers comprising each two l dngitudinal members, a shaft on which the members are lon itudinally slidable, alever pivoted to the sha t and having its ends engaging said members respectively, of means for rotating said shafts, and means for engaging alternately the members of each roller and forcing them lengthwise on the shaft carr ing them.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY B RADSHAWV.

i s itnesses:

WARREN D. HoUsE, HENRY F. ROSE. 

